Puesto de confianza

Usualmente se dice que la niñez es el futuro del Perú, pero la niñez es el presente de esta nación. Por ello, la acción pública del Estado peruano debe y deberá ser la de respetar y garantizar los derechos de los niños, niñas y adolescentes del Perú. Es necesario que esta acción sea eficiente, eficaz, equitativa y transparente para lograr un futuro con oportunidades; lo que implica, entre otras cosas, gestionar los programas sociales de infancia sobre la base de las lecciones aprendidas de la inversión social. Así pues, el autor de este libro analiza algunos programas sociales...

In many cultures, leprosy elicits fear, stigma, and misunderstanding. Historically, people affected by leprosy were banished or isolated from the rest of society. Although the worldwide incidence of leprosy has declined markedly over the past quarter century with the advent of new multidrug therapies, developing nations are still encountering a high number of cases. In An Uncertain Cure, Cassandra White goes deep into the shantytowns of Rio de Janeiro to give a riveting account of the contemporary leprosy experience among poor and working class Brazilians. In this ethnographic treatment of...

A detailed analysis of data relating to the subsistence of early humans in the Iberian peninsular from the Lower Palaeolithic through to the Magdalenian. This study looks at the representation of species during different periods through which the author traces a shift from reliance on a diverse range of species and the improtance of larger species of animals, to greater specialisation and exploitation of smaller species from the Middle Palaeolithic onwards. Spanish text, short English abstract.

This volume presents a study of the handmade ceramics with painted decoration from the Late Bronze Age and the First Iron Age in the Guadalquivir and Guadiana valleys—the context in which the Tartessian culture developed—defining their technical characteristics, dispersion, forms, decoration, symbolism, chronology, use and meaning.